Former super-middleweight world champion and hall of fame inductee, Carl Froch, has voiced his opinions on Tyson Fury’s first career defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury and Usyk locked horns in Saudi Arabia to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion in almost 25 years, with the Ukrainian scoring a knockdown on his way to a split decision win over ‘The Gypsy King’.
Speaking to talkSPORT about the current status of the Brit’s legacy, Froch spoke highly of what Fury had achieved in his career.
“I don’t want to beat his legacy because you can only fight what’s in front of you.
He came back after a long layoff after beating Klitschko and then he ended up in a trilogy with Deontay Wilder which was fantastic. Wilder was knocking everybody out and Tyson Fury was brave enough to get in there, nobody thought he would. It was an epic trilogy.”
However, ‘The Cobra’ went on to say that the former WBC champion had been ‘humbled’ and ‘knocked down a peg or two’ by Usyk.
“He’s been a fantastic fighter and he’s had an unbelievable career but he’s not what he thinks, or what he’s telling everybody or what ‘Big’ John Fury is telling everybody, how no man born from his mother can beat him.
He’s been knocked down a peg or two and he’s been humbled and he’s got a lot of work to do correct that, if the rematch does happen.”
After some speculation that Fury could potentially retire from the sport, his promoter, Frank Warren, has now confirmed that his man will active his contractual rematch clause with an October date being targeted for the two to lock horns once again.
